Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sannyasa Yoga

Krishna reveals that he taught this yoga long ago, and that he comes in every age when dharma declines. Work done with knowledge leaves no trace on the doer. He lists many forms of yajna, and says the offering of knowledge is the highest. Knowledge, he says, is learned by humility, by asking and by serving a true teacher.

• The Bhagavad Gita, in the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata. Verse numbers follow the usual 700-verse count.

A learned pandit can recite the Gita in your home, for a blessing, an anniversary or in memory of a loved one.